The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has defeated President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last Saturday’s presidential election in Edo state with a margin of 7,849 votes.
Announcing the results, the INEC Collation Officer in the state, Ndowa Lare, said Atiku polled 275,691 votes to defeat Buhari who got 267,691 votes.
Lale said the total number of registered voters in the state was 2,150,127 while the total number of accredited voters was 604,915.
He said the number of valid votes was 560,711, just as 38,517 votes were rejected while the total number of votes cast was 599,228.
reports that Atiku won in eight local governments while Buhari won in ten local governments.
Atiku won in Esan North East, Ovia North East, Egor, Oredo, Esan South East, Esan West, Esan Central and Ipoba-Okha local governments.
Buhari won in Etsako West, Akoko-Edo, Igueben, Ovia South West, Etsako East, Owan East, Owan West and Esako Central, Uhumwonde and Orhionwon local governments.
The presidential election results, according to the INEC collation officer, are as follow:
Etsako Central local government
APC 11,437
PDP 9,011
Owan West local government
APC 12,524
PDP 10,758
Esan North East local government
APC 7,991
PDP13,361
Owan East local government
APC18,678
PDP 15,221
Etsako East local government
APC 16,151
PDP 16,146
Ovia North East local government
APC 12,612
PDP 15,706
Ovia South West local government
APC 11,511
PDP 9,987
Egor local government
APC 12,482
PDP 23,566
Oredo local government
APC21, 496
PDP 34, 841
Esan South East local government
APC 11,039
PDP 11,435
Esan West local government
APC 10,596
PDP 16,013
Igueben local government
APC 7,503
PDP 6,553
Akoko-Edo local government
APC 23,945
PDP 17,511
Ipoba-Okha local government
APC 25,404
PDP 30122
Etsako West local government
APC 31,336
PDP 11,395
Esan Central local government
APC 8,691
PDP 9,512
Uhumwonde local government
APC 9969
PDP 9766
Orhionwon local government
APC 15,099
PDP 13,787
